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Online tutorial explains how to choose between mass and volume flow 28/10/2010
ABB Measurement Products has launched its next generation of combustion gas analyzers for industrial and utility boiler applications. Featuring a revised sensor design and an increased choice of probe lengths up to 4m, the Endura AZ20 expands ABB's offering to a new range of high temperature applications up to 800°C.
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ABB introduces ‘research grade’ spectrometer 06/07/2010
Aimed at pharmaceutical and life science applications, this FT-NIR (Fourier transform near-infrared) spectrometer is said to provide “exceptionally accurate measurements” and is guaranteed to operate for ten years without any scheduled maintenance.
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ABB to purchase American level instrument company 05/06/2010
Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division, announced his company has agreed to acquire K-TEK, which specialises in level instrumentation for the oil and gas industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed and the agreement is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Mr. Reinikkala said he expected the purchase would be completed by the end of June, 2010.
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OPINION: The future is integrated operations 17/02/2010
Automation vendors, EPCs and end-users can no long ignore integrated operations. Here Colin Pearson of ABB Ltd, puts forward operational, technical and organisational arguments as to why this approach is important for the future of the process industries automation strategy.
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STW cuts costs with pump management 18/01/2010
Severn Trent Water (STW) in the UK claimed savings of up to £2,400 (€2,700) a week when it overhauled its pump maintenance with control software from ABB. The utility company implemented the software following the installation of four submersible foul pumps at its sewage treatment works in Worcester.
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ABB reorganises its automation divisions 27/11/2009
Joe Hogan, ABB’s chief executive officer, says his company is reorganising its automation divisions effective 1 Jan 2010. The business units currently in the Automation Products and Robotics divisions will be regrouped into two new divisions – Low Voltage Products and Discrete Automation and Motion.
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Ethernet Enthusiasm: Will it Saturate the Plant? 26/08/2009
Zealous Ethernet champions see the day when all instruments, actuators, and controllers are connected in one vast harmonious plant network—and, by natural extension, to the Internet. Never mind Profibus, serial communications, or 4-20 mA: they will all fade away.
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Winds of Change for Power and Control 18/08/2009
Drives and controls aspect of wind power technology provides new engineering challenges and lessons as more multi-megawatt, utility-scale wind turbines come online. Frank J. Bartos, consulting editor at Control Engineering, reports.
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ABB underlines oil and gas expertise at Offshore Europe 2009 14/08/2009
ABB Limited will be showcasing its vast offering for oil and gas applications at Offshore Europe 2009 (Stand 663, September 8 to 11, at the Conference centre, Aberdeen). Visitors to the stand will see a comprehensive selection of ABB’s latest products for both surface and sub-surface applications, including several new developments.Read more
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Brewery back on track with EMR 28/07/2009
A motor failure that sparked a Bank Holiday nightmare for Fuller Smith and Turner’s Griffin brewery was solved by EMR Silverthorn who came to the rescue with an ABB replacement. A 200kW motor in the glycol based cooling plant of the brewery in Chiswick, UK failed at noon on the Sunday of a Bank Holiday weekend.
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ABB leaps to rescue as converter fails 21/07/2009
United Utilities Operational Services (UUOS) in Wales supplies thousands of homes throughout the country with clean water. The company recently turned to ABB, when a converter unexpectedly failed, in search of a speedy resolution to the halt in the treatment process.
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New ABB orifice flow meter 30/06/2009
The cost of installing orifice plate flow meters has been cut by up to 40% with the launch of ABB’s OriMaster Compact Orifice DP flow meter. The latest in ABB’s new FlowMaster range, the OriMaster is a one-piece flow meter.
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Desalination plant bolsters Algerian drinking water 23/06/2009
ABB will provide a turnkey electrical solution to power a large desalination plant in the western Oran region of Algeria as part of an order worth $28 million, according to the power and automation group. The reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant has a capacity of 500,000 cubic metres per day to provide drinking water for five million people.
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ABB solar solution soaks up Spanish sun 09/06/2009
ABB is tackling the effects of greenhouse gas emissions delivering and commissioning the one megawatt Totana photovoltaic power plant located in Murcia, Spain. In a year, Totana produces 2.2 gigawatt-hours of grid quality electric power and displaces 1,350 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
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ABB and GE scoop massive oil contract 01/06/2009
ABB has joined forces with GE Oil & Gas to win $80 million worth of contracts from Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO). ABB and GE will supply electrical systems and services, as well as compressors and drive trains for new gas lift and gas injection facilities at the Asab and Sahil fields.
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Safety DCS available 99.9999 per cent of the time 03/05/2009
ABB say it commissioned the first plant with a safety-oriented control system in 1979, and so it has three decades of experience in developing and planning safety-oriented systems. At Hannover Messe, it introduced its latest safety integrated system, called the HI, which is certified compliant with SIL3.
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Southern Water cleans up 30/04/2009
Southern Water boosted monitoring and safety of water supplies throughout Kent, Hampshire and Sussex, undertaking extensive monitoring of water turbidity. The Worthing headquartered water company says that monitoring turbidity will reduce the chance of potentially harmful organisms getting into the public water supply.
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ABB signs $20m power contract in Albania 03/11/2008
ABB says it has signed a $20-million (€16 m) contract with the operator of Albania’s electricity transmission network for a system that will improve the reliability of the grid by monitoring and controlling high-voltage transmission.
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RIL gets ‘live upgrade’ 22/05/2008
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has selected ABB’s System 800xA Extended Automation as part of a control system upgrade for its linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant at Patalganga, India.
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Temperature equipment goes north 25/03/2008
Statoil has installed over 1,000 RTDs (Resistant Thermometer Devices) for its first offshore development in the Barents Sea. The Snohvit project is the world’s most northerly liquefied natural gas facility and the RTDs, from ABB, will be used for measurement of process temperatures, loading and offloading monitoring, spill detection and environmental protection.
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Tutorial: Conductivity sensors 20/02/2008
There are three liquid characteristics that are often thought of together, although they are different and use different sensor technology. Conductivity, ORP, and pH all have to do with specific chemical characteristics, but measuring each in a process stream requires its own approach. Control Engineering explains...
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Wallraf gets top spot on FDT board 31/10/2007
Hartmut Wallraf has been elected chairman of the board of the FDT Group. Chief of technology and vice president of EMEA operations at Invensys, Wallraf replaces Hartmut Wuttig, board member for ABB.
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Countering silica's foul play 01/06/2007
Silica is all too often a prime cause of reduced efficiency and failure of power generation plant. Just one part per million, if unchecked, could stop a major power plant. Proper instrumentation can alleviate the problem.
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Corus scoops Pantek award 01/04/2007
Corus Automation Solutions, part of Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES), has received an award in recognition of a recent upgrade to control and automation systems at its Scunthorpe steelmaking plant.
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ABB scoops $210 million contract 19/12/2006
Power and automation group ABB has won a contract with an Algerian oil and gas company to expand existing compressor and power systems in a deal worth $210 million. This will, say ABB, boost Sonatrach’s natural gas output and exports.
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